The Sun. — London, England, 1808-08-16 00:00:00

A' . SECOND ..Eiiiiioti. ~~l~v-OFFICL'~; tWO O'CL(iCK, array,which will appear in thetTanitte of tltis evening.. Guverlinient have alsci received accounts from JuSEPH BuoicAPARTz was accompanied in his tight by severJl Members of the old Coot; who • were justly apprehensive of being exposed -to the . • . re seatinent of ,hair countrymen. We have received Spanist Papers to the oth inst. from which we ha ye made some extraas relative to the surreridei of Duporr's army: SUPPLE►MENT tO TEIE SEVIkLE GAZETTE, 23d fuLY. . . 4 Courier. arrived this morning from the army 0 1 the Commander in Chief, with Dispateheswhich . Contain the gratifying intelligence that Genet 'l Dv ?owes army had surrendered at discretion. The army .9f General BEDEL has also surrendered, on condition of being ra sent back to F nee from our Ports; Copy - of the official article inserted in the Sala- tnanca Direaory of the 26th July, by order of tlia Commander-in -Chief; General CUESTA " Hi* E xcellency General CUESTA has received from the Junta of Seville the account of the defeat and sur- render of General DUPONT'S army. Tha Officers were allowed to keep. their swords; and to take only ° l3 e portmanteau with their cloaths. This Condition Was enforced ib consequence of the scandalous con gas or the French, and the plunder they every Where committed." MADRID, JULY 30.—1 n the middle of the night, JOSEPH hUONAPARTE tet offand took the road to France; according to preparations previously made. Some say this precipitate flight was occasioned by the surrender of DITI'Oi4T ; with a considerable nun,- be tof plisoncrs : others think that it is the result of the diicovery of a pl o t o ftw in French Generals. , ;— The truth is; that this morning more than MO left thi s Capiial on the road to Fratice. The fa& -15 cer 1344""the cause doubtful. We hope that b.:morrow there will not be a Prenchman here. C°RIINNA, AUG. B......Dupowr's division consisted of 8060 men, who surrendered at discretion ; Oen. YEDECS, of 5 000,1 aid do*ti their arms, and are to g° to Cadiz to . be .erribailied for Rochefort. The lerench. had /woo killed and wounded.., The. Spa nia, 1 506. We took 3600 . borseg'atid a great lumber o waggons, laden with_ plate, gold, and Other valuables, 0,000 rou.skets7, grkatAwnlitiessof cldithing, - . .2 • , -• Th.i, Junta of Seville have appointed CASTA:IOS Commander in Chief. In short, the result of the Etory is 2,x,00 Prisoners, infantry ; aocio Cavalry, waggons of go}d and plate, the plunder of Cor 'llo4/4 - • ALEtictLE, bpd, the Count DF. CORBELLON, with 2 1,000 men, inclosed them on three sides. Jaserir BUONAPARTE 3 others, that aonle rec7o W E stop the i'reis to state, that the Dispatches. which were thii morning received. from Lord COL XINOVidOb and Sir Hi w DA itymki,E; Contain the of . .* gala' account of the surrender : of General DUPONT'S Jon, to the 9th inst. which cOofiren the Oatemerit, Which We some days ago laid before oursßeaders, of the evacuation of Madrid by the French. They cotrinienced their retreat on the morning .of the 29ttl ult. and the last diviBion . began their match On the 3 Ist they took their route to Previous to their departure they conipletely stripped the andnals, plundered the Palace of ever); articl of Value, and spiked all the cannon .at &tier°. '' 61 ;C111TE Juc Y 12.—0 n the third we hadl a the French who were cdminrfrom 'Gra -1 • en cla to Madrid, bit as the Enemy were ,4000 Str o p.. 6 and the„Peasants only 5 or fix), without any Chief, they were forced to retire. It is said that M. AIANZANAL, JULY hear' that BESSiERES i 3 re 1114 14.45.4 upon Burgos. This is considered as most favoatrable. SOme say it is the effect of the entr . - ance of our Army into Madrid, and of the flight • iutionary movements have broken out in France, and . - . . that NAPoLEoN - has. been seized. Others, with more probabilit, consider it as the effea of the defeat of Duroz;rr and Motway. , opy, or aliriierttptcd L.ettei ire titletAi 15 vrour to the Duke De R9a . Ejo, of the Frerich Armies in Spain. . "SIGNIOR GENERAL, " have the tiOnohr to infoiti that tlid enemy hai appeared before our position with all his forces. They took post hi froni of.Andujar,.Witli fioin 15 to 18,000 meti, and ieverai pieces or artil- j2-pounders ; Whilst a corps of 3000 nien passed the river below Andujar; and took a position !Lillie Sierra, in dm rear. The sixth Provincial Re- giment was sent to attack them; and repulsed theM vigorous j~. Another Corps of sdr 6odo men threa tened our left flank. l'ivo Battalioni of the 4th ,tiegiOn were sent to hold then] in 'check; arid had a 'very severe aaiscin with the Enerriy but nOtwith- standing the SupetiOiity or their nunibeiS the Enemy could not succeed in breaking our troops or putting them into confthlon: The Enemy also marched another considerable bddy towards Menjibar, near Baylen. • , • , (The t.etter then 06' on ivit h "some detai I e of uninteresting fikirrnisheii MIKA wok place; it, concludes in the following manner ' " EAery thing announces that the enemy will mediately make a more serious • attack. We shall resist them inothe most•detetmined manner. " We arereduced to the greatest distress lot want of provitions:' the.soldiers are compelled to subsist upon the.most disgusting and loathsome food. "1 itipplicate your Excellen,g,to hasten. to send Me the necessary reinforcements, to enable me to resume our operations against,the Enemy. The interests of the Emperor and the King of SfAhN 'require that we should speedily commence of fensive operations against them: (Signed) " DUPONT.' WEYMOUTH,. ,AUG. I 4 . On . Thursday last the Nithility and Gentry of the' neighbourhood were most sumptuously enter . -, tained by Mr. R. SEWARD, at his Marine Villa, at (1:- mington-hills. The company assembled abouCone o'clock, and enjoyed a most delicious walk for a con, siderable time •in the grounds, which the taste of Mrs. SEWARD has- rendered extremely beautiful. At three the company sat down to an elegant de jeun% where every delicacy in season, most tastefully arranged, combined to please the eye and gratify the palate. The healths 'of their respe&able host aid hostess were drank With enthusiasm id the choiCestwines. , A danCe on the lawn was in tended, but the heat of the weather was too great for such exertion. The company promenaded the glen, the pieturesque treauties of Which do the highest honour to the plastic hand of the fair owner s The murmuring of the stream over the sea pebbles, the shade and tragrance of the shrubs and flowers, all contribute to enchant the ravished senses. Part of the exCellent Band of the Osmltigton VOlunteers was most judiciously placed amongst the trees, the remainder at a sniall 'distance amongst the roAs ; and theinan swering each other with military and tender airs produced an effe& perfeCtly • new and charming, Which was increased by a most delightful echo. At' a late hour the company took leave,' highly pleased with their liberal entertainment. The thw'n rapidly; add we expeet a season at least eiral to those'-which have been honotired by the_ presence of out beloved Sovereign. The last )Ball, in which twenty-ix couple engaged in the Mazy dance; is a convincing proof of number as well as eleghtice of Our visitants. ~ . ~. Bltrur. 7 —Yesterday, at Highgate, the Lady of FRANCIS. FRERLING ; Eq. of the General Posts Otce,-. of-a Daughter. .. An inquest was held at three o'clOck, yesterday afternoon, by At4tHoNY DELL, Esq.: at the Spiead Eagle, 1 1.14illbank,: on the- )6.L.1y of ,Elizla Wainwright, who wa4 .. taken'Out of "TheßiverThatiYes du' Sunday afternotiti). • It 'appeared from: the eVidence'of Mr. gones,- Who kedps a ccialshed . in New COtripton 7 itieet; that the m deceased lived In the sae street, anti her htiobattchwas a dealer in' bottles—thefe had been some difference betwixt the husband . 'and the Wife; upon' which account the . y had agreed . td l .4t apart, during which time the husb a nd' had ke pt a cAere airrie l but -lately 'had sent her into Yorkshite, and the deteaSed'returned home. Witness saw the deceased ori:Th'utsday:•last, at which time shd:Wai ;I- , VerrinUch'ilejeaed ; and laid - sheiwculd rnalte4iwy, with herself. No other witness 'came forikatd,'4- : cept a littleAltuighter'of the deceaSed; vihO''had riot seen her 'ffiother since last Thursday. ."Verarel- , --" . Lknacy. '. . ~ . • J "' .IVINTii D. , ;1 (Of DILA WI NG..7.—M). 10,. ^ 94 :drawn ;. :this pziy a Prize of Twenty 'Fliousand Poitads, was sold in the foll Owing Shares, by HOtiti - saY and Co. --Two Quarters ) one Eighth, and six Sixteenthi -4;•COrtlbill, 52, Charing-Cross, and St. MarotqC.P.- till; Borough.. ' ' ' . • LAsT. DAY op .tht4wlNG..,--No.. 3,536, drawn this Day a Prize of Two Thousand Pound., was sold in the following Sharea..by.Hotti.tsay:a6d Co.- Two Quarters,. one F 2,1111), and six Sixteenths 3.4- and on Saturday last ) No. t0,e94, a.Prize of Twenty Thousand Pounds,_.in..two Quarters, one Eighth, and sit Sixteenths-26, Cornhill, -52, Charing-C toss ,. a nd 's-z. Maygaret's-hill, Borough.' , , , • 'LAiT.D,Ay.--The Ticket No. 22,70 p, :drawn yes terday a Prize of Ten Thous - and. Pounds, was sold in two Quartcrs, one Eighth, and six Sixteenth Shares by HODGES,• PAINE, and Co. Oxford-street ;in.c.l - where No. 388, a Prize of 5001. on Satur day last, was also sold in Sliayes. ~ ... Si" ;6.6 idiiirGbi§i AiERs. LEoN;JbLir and con tradiaOry acct .tintswhich have been hi circulation of the battle of thy 14h,. And the sucCess,of.the,combined.armies of Castib,. anti Galiciaj'induce bs o give as exaCl-- a statement; al we can, It is. giveri nPon the authority of ".Genatmen, who have had frequent conferences .with Gineral Qbs+A. and whd. had octilar evi dence of ;the Vrincipal -lads the itth instant; betwixt six at4l seven in the .morning; the Castilian Artily entered Rio Seco,. and -that, of, . Galicia, corii n by 'General BLAKE; ,directed itself towards Duennas t On the i2th,,le.marched his ,Vanguar4 . to Valladolid, tind then he effetled hii'march to lanuova; I.le there united with Ole Royal Cara, bitieers'-Of the other .arnty-, whO had, with the same intention, left the head-quarters. The, advanced guard gave the timed, " To arms, the enemy comes;" and it was immediately determined that the.Cari bineerS Should fall back-with the vanguard, - coni- Manded by Count MAZEDA; to Rio Seco, On the Pith, they_were joined by other troops;, and corm, eponding artillery. On the •isth, both armies form ed themselves in 'battle art-ay with the greatest judg ment and caution. General BLAKE commanded the right, and CUESTA the lett. Both armies retained their positions.till the evening, when the French at tacked the right‘wing of the Patriots: the Patriots .commenced a'smattfire on their assailatits,and con tinued it for some time. Afterwards; skittle of our troops got -into disorder, sounded a retreat; arrived' late at Villalpando; and at night at Benevento. - The Joss on both sideS was considerable, but that of thei French by far the greatest, from the superia direc- 1 tion of the Spanish' artillery, which did wonderful execution in the ranks of'the enemy. On the 15th, Generai BLAKE'S army received , orders to retire through Banneza, and to 'pitch- his tamp at Castritlo, :where the General now remains, preparing his army for vigorous hostility, when an opportunity occurs. On- the 16th, General CuEsTA,remained at Bette- Vento, and at one o'clock the next inorning',he went to Vallamannau, and on the 18th he 'continued his journey, and arrived in this : city, where he and his °Jr - leers - daily hold Councils of War. , VITTOAIA, JULY 12.-- , Yesterday it was resolved by the Junta of this Province to send a Dei,kitatioll to Berg where JOSEPH NAPOLEON was, to re present to him, that ,he ought. not to proclaiM his Soyereignty till'he :should reach the-capital 'of the Kingdom. • The Frerich 'General; informed 'of this determination,: convoked the States the same day several Members assembled, and persisted in their re solution ; .but a troop of grenadiers being introduced into the hall, compell.'d them to revoke their deter mination.. In the evening the Junta came girth be tween two files of soldiers, andweref brought to the firptire, where the troopsstood drawn t..p, and in their presence, a:id -in that of a few children, the proavri l itioo was made. To-day, at ten in . the JOSEPH came here, an i did not receive :he siti.,fattion -of hearing one huiza, or of seeing any of ,e inhabitants open their windows to greet him. The Portuggese Patriots who marched frOm Coimbra, proceed towards Pomkil and Leira. On the 17th their vanguard came up with the French between Gaiteira and Cabeco Negro, and forced them to a precipitate retreat. Juty h'.'.ve just heard that on the . 26th appe4ed off Figneira the English Expedition, of 76 Sail, with troops and arc& to : assist' us against our enemies. We have just received the important, news of Du-. PONT'S surrender. INTELLIGENCE FROM SPAIN OF THE 28TH JULY. [From the Oporto Gazette of the 30th fuly.] Letters horn Madrid received at Otence on'-the 25th and Nith, state the French had:plundered se veral places but that they, were betweep two.spa 7 nish columns, which. must necessarily destroy therri. The account of JOSEPH BUoN i,PtiEtT„E'S entrance to Madrid is contradi,t'Acd.2—On the contrary, it is said ESCIIEVARRA has got to, Madrid with 40 or 50,000 men. Sr. YAGO, JUNE 2g:.—The Supreme Junta of this. Principality hasten to communicate to this king dom the inforMation they hak , e received from our Deputies in Great Britain, witnse Government offers a l suCcour, not only to.;this. Principality, but every other Principality of this Kingdom, as will be seen by the annexed Copy of The Letter of the English Minister to our Deputies. HIS BRITANNIC NI A 1 F.ST•Y's DECLARATION. TO TI-11%.ENVAIYS PvTU,.RIA.S. • Office of Forei g n 4frajr; !: , !! zth MY Lenus-4 have laid before my Sovereign the Letter Lich you were authorised by the Junta of the"Prit, ality of - Asturias to me, to g. ether IA ; iti? the powers enct:ested_to yon• by the Junta, entreating, in their' name, liis'Majesty s as sistance. His Majesty has desired me to assure your acellencies that he feels the warmest interest in the resolution of the Principality of Asturias to sus lain against the atrocious I.3iirper of France a con test In favour of 'the independence of the Spanish Mai Archy That his Majesty is disposed to grant every kind of.H.Ssistanc6 tei efforts so magnanimous and praiseworthy.,. , His Majesty:llas; 'therefore ; ordered me .td de dare, that nd time "be lrAt in embarking for Illiqort of Gijon the succours that you' require ; bejnir, the' Most pri_issingly necessary ; he will be- MAg send a naval force Capable of prote&ing the . 16iist of Asturias against any ttetript which France ittiaY n, kc, and of introducing troops by sea into the Majesty will make turthbr efforts in si.iftort of - q 6 just a cause: His Majesty has alSo ordered me to dedare to yottr ExcellenCies; his readiness to . ektend the same sdtcours to every other part, of the Spanish Mo. 'natal) , ‘,lticli play be animated by the . same spirit ',IS the inhabitants of Asturias, as well as his Ma jesty's sincere . 'desire to' renew those . ties of friend. Ship which subsisted so long_ between the two na-, tions, and to direct his united effbrts against any Power which may evince bostilelinebtioas against Spain, as well as Great Britain. • • 'I recommend to 'Your EXCelleneies to corritnuni cafe, as soon as possible, to the Junta ; the Manner in which his Majesty has received the Proposals. transmitted by your Excellencies. A Vessel has: been got ready at. PortsrnoUth, to carry any - persdn' you may think proper to dispatch. . I beg your Extellerici4s to aWept the assurances of my. high consideration. •• • (Signed) GtortoE CANNL-iO. FOR Tiri", Sus ?IR. EDITOR, 4 .RANCISI .proper t' As Sir B h notice' ! the cotnmentS, which ,have : been made by • anonymous writers, and- in , private "cit . c.;les, on the Toast which he gaVe at slate public. dinner, he must not . be surprised: and can have no, reason to corn - pi*; if the vindication Which he has submitted to . the wield should aubje6l, hiM to fUrther reriviri:S °Tr ans snbje6t.--- 7 Every body must admit the re;:pc'-t,;- "bility;of his chAiaeter in private life- and It. N 4 is lesS' with: much red'ret that all who are' , , with trim- round that he, had committed hitiise:i sa Much befdre the tribunal of the public'. The. distitieli(in : WhidltSirA l frANci's has endeavoured to Mike tcveen The - President ot the United StattS" anti The'President ind United States," is by. norneari4 ,satisfaabry. •By itmoduciug,the President at ail !ie a6ted itith great indiscretion, for evideb-t, by the whole a 'Mr ? J.gFVERS6N I SCOIidtid, thatite 7 is hostile to this-country. Has snbserciency .to. the- viewi of aiONAPARTE cannot be doubted, unless we suppose that,by such a patient humility, under all the CX•dC tion and'all the insults of theFrenchTyrant, he has . ' restrained him from! [tilting more decisive measures of hostility toward's thetnited Siatts. 6'ut can ti , e people.of- AmeriCa bear to ?have their country dis- . grace'd by . this teriwcri•lirig and,despicable The President. has atually botne.insult after insult frOm BooKirAttTit . , btit he his .never attempted io shew that regard -for the. honout-4 his country, Wilich thigh( to have animated him to surly a rpirir of resistance as would ' , have raised his. ellara,-..tc..r hi he~ eyes of mankind; and could not have lit en in jurious•to the interests • Of the petiole' of .Airerica While they were in friendship with Great BrAain.-- But Mr. Ji.aTattsort, or; rathor,*tlie president of ttie United Stites, for in that c'..ar.iefer,Only b ts,he objeet of consideration, was .not stitiqieci merely Shewitig A mean- to the, il solence and arbitrary requisitions of the Fryi;ch Tyrant, in every thing ' that was likely to be' i n . ; junous to- Great BPiteini for tholt 4 ii that • lattet Pi er•us-.:d every means of conciliation in order to ke , :ip .! 4Ron, ; good terms with the ?os erntnecit.ota , eopleoliCe.cotinecled Willi us by Ole - most ivitiaritt ti.s of iriii I ed, a rid stid t>y sitivlarity, of ha'oitudes and identLy of lan the Presid nt trai treited ali the liberal advances avid• concedin of Oil Country . with evaSive ' sllbtlety or . dir).ct tit u. Il this a- _man then. who ought, to,liav,e given as a toawat a meeting. of the Aist e charaherS of thiS great City ? The id t. is abs.;:-.!, , and, considering Sir •VRAN ' CIS BAKIN'.4's rink ih life; and the. advantages which he Must have, -had proving his -remind , by ,an intercourse, witli thernost ' accomplished And intelligent tanks of. society, it i 4 surprising indeed - that-"he -shotild hat-c; ct'inniitted such an error and..tholigh he' may in as - lie says, " oppose with cOnfidepce a long life c oac, 7 ed under tho eyes of niany . Whd werepresent " at 1-1 43 meeting alluded to; . their testiirionylit hiS favour .A ' Must,tn the opinion of the publio, .refer drily to Private chara&er, which is not in question, but cer tinily cannot clear 'him from the imputation " party motives," and may, indeediericrto'excite' . a suspicion that he was willing to secure the good-will of the . Atwricap Prpi.d.nt,:, in ease his hostility to this Countiy, after all Our amicable overttireS, produce an open rupture between the United Stites 'and Great Britain. • But it is confidently said that the Committee whd arranged the meeOng. : so .honourable to the, City of London, in manifesting the interest which' Great Britain takes in the glorious etThris 'of the Spaniattli to . tireServe, the independence of their Oountry; anti reinstate their•legitimate Sovereign; •expressed their disapprOhation of ,the toast before the dinner took place ; and finding that Sir FRANCIS BAITING was very t solicitous to introduce:it, contented theinselves With repeating that disapprobation, and ieft it ()hike trusting, to.thii , :discretiort of Sir FaANcts, to act as, on •refle&ion, he shvoid 'think proper. It this be really the case; it is' . difficult to conceive how Sir FaANCts will justify the introcluaion of the'President as a toast, with any qualification that ingenuity could . devise. If some of the most judicious and respe'...: able commercial charadersiatrongly objected, in the first instance, to the toast' in questio‘n, Sir •FaiNcis i if he had Considered a moment, might naturally have conceiVed that when it came to be submitted, to' the various opinions' and passions of a large mixed company, it was likely to prove an apple Of dis'cord; and tend toTroduce nothing but turbulence and cla mour, upon an'ocdasion which ought to h3ve been chiefly; if not entirely, confined to an expression Of that cordial* sympathy which this nation takes in the heroic struggles of the Spaniards for their King and Conntry. It is therefore Proper to ascertain, whe ther the toast was really the obje.d of Marked disap-' probation before it was introduced to the company ; in order to decide what judgment °light to be given on the condbei of Sir'FßAticts BARING, a§ Chairman •of tlie . Meeting, and consequently whether it is to be imputed to a p.re,determination to proclaim his partiality for the Pr'6';ident; 'Or was the mere result Of convivial indiseretiOn. • • _ August 1301, 180. Clvis The Portuguese.Papersoof the znthnit. contain a detailed account. of some successes , obtained -o‘er •Genei - ai LOISON bn .the 21st, 22d, acid 2 . 3 d of June, Sir•J,OSEPII 13 . 0 s us has for several years past cu ii_ - vated the .American cranberry about his ponds at Spring - Grove, near Hounslow; with the greatest success, - - He last year ,gathered about five . doz.:!it bottles , of ; high-flavoured .berries, very superior to those imported, .which have, in 'general , been. gat her-- ed have become vapid and almost taste lesOylong soaking.in the water in which they are packed ,for; carnage. 'The cranberry-beds contain about 306 square feel ; the last, made in was constructed on the side of the pond, 20 feet long by five and .a half broad,. by kfew stakes driven into the bottom, parallel to the side, and lined with - old boar's thebottom of this was filled up With stones and rnbbish, 'find On these was laid a bed of black . mould, three inches above, and seven inches below th,e usual surface-of the water. •On this the plants were placed, and in the autumn of 1807, they pro clUed An 'Abundant crop of fine' fruit. The terry ripeps well without being subje& .to the attack'ot vermin, or to injury froiu the excesses of heat ort:old, 1 or of wetness or of drought.